.TH "PAPI_sprofil" 3 "Thu Dec 14 2023" "Version 7.1.0.0" "PAPI" \" -*- nroff -*-
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.SH NAME
PAPI_sprofil \- Generate PC histogram data from multiple code regions where hardware counter overflow occurs\&.  

.SH SYNOPSIS
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.SH "Detailed Description"
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\fBC Interface:\fP
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#include <\fBpapi\&.h\fP> 
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int \fBPAPI_sprofil( PAPI_sprofil_t * prof, int profcnt, int EventSet, int EventCode, int threshold, int flags )\fP;
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\fBParameters\fP
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\fI*prof\fP pointer to an array of \fBPAPI_sprofil_t\fP structures\&. Each copy of the structure contains the following: 
.PD 0

.IP "\(bu" 2
buf -- pointer to a buffer of bufsiz bytes in which the histogram counts are stored in an array of unsigned short, unsigned int, or unsigned long long values, or 'buckets'\&. The size of the buckets is determined by values in the flags argument\&. 
.IP "\(bu" 2
bufsiz -- the size of the histogram buffer in bytes\&. It is computed from the length of the code region to be profiled, the size of the buckets, and the scale factor as discussed below\&. 
.IP "\(bu" 2
offset -- the start address of the region to be profiled\&. 
.IP "\(bu" 2
scale -- broadly and historically speaking, a contraction factor that indicates how much smaller the histogram buffer is than the region to be profiled\&. More precisely, scale is interpreted as an unsigned 16-bit fixed-point fraction with the decimal point implied on the left\&. Its value is the reciprocal of the number of addresses in a subdivision, per counter of histogram buffer\&.
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\fIprofcnt\fP number of structures in the prof array for hardware profiling\&. 
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\fIEventSet\fP The PAPI EventSet to profile\&. This EventSet is marked as profiling-ready, but profiling doesn't actually start until a \fBPAPI_start()\fP call is issued\&. 
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\fIEventCode\fP Code of the Event in the EventSet to profile\&. This event must already be a member of the EventSet\&. 
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\fIthreshold\fP minimum number of events that must occur before the PC is sampled\&. If hardware overflow is supported for your component, this threshold will trigger an interrupt when reached\&. Otherwise, the counters will be sampled periodically and the PC will be recorded for the first sample that exceeds the threshold\&. If the value of threshold is 0, profiling will be disabled for this event\&. 
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\fIflags\fP bit pattern to control profiling behavior\&. Defined values are given in a table in the documentation for PAPI_pofil  

 
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\fBReturn values\fP
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\fIReturn\fP values for \fBPAPI_sprofil()\fP are identical to those for \fBPAPI_profil\fP\&. Please refer to that page for further details\&.  

 
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\fBPAPI_sprofil()\fP is a structure driven profiler that profiles one or more disjoint regions of code in a single call\&. It accepts a pointer to a preinitialized array of sprofil structures, and initiates profiling based on the values contained in the array\&. Each structure in the array defines the profiling parameters that are normally passed to \fBPAPI_profil()\fP\&. For more information on profiling, \fBPAPI_profil\fP  

 
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\fBExample:\fP
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int retval;
unsigned long length;
PAPI_exe_info_t *prginfo;
unsigned short *profbuf1, *profbuf2, profbucket;
PAPI_sprofil_t sprof[3];

prginfo = PAPI_get_executable_info();
if (prginfo == NULL) handle_error( NULL );
length = (unsigned long)(prginfo\->text_end \- prginfo\->text_start);
// Allocate 2 buffers of equal length
profbuf1 = (unsigned short *)malloc(length);
profbuf2 = (unsigned short *)malloc(length);
if ((profbuf1 == NULL) || (profbuf2 == NULL))
  handle_error( NULL );
memset(profbuf1,0x00,length);
memset(profbuf2,0x00,length);
// First buffer
sprof[0]\&.pr_base = profbuf1;
sprof[0]\&.pr_size = length;
sprof[0]\&.pr_off = (vptr_t) DO_FLOPS;
sprof[0]\&.pr_scale = 0x10000;
// Second buffer
sprof[1]\&.pr_base = profbuf2;
sprof[1]\&.pr_size = length;
sprof[1]\&.pr_off = (vptr_t) DO_READS;
sprof[1]\&.pr_scale = 0x10000;
// Overflow bucket
sprof[2]\&.pr_base = profbucket;
sprof[2]\&.pr_size = 1;
sprof[2]\&.pr_off = 0;
sprof[2]\&.pr_scale = 0x0002;
retval = PAPI_sprofil(sprof, EventSet, PAPI_FP_INS, 1000000,
PAPI_PROFIL_POSIX | PAPI_PROFIL_BUCKET_16)) != PAPI_OK)
if ( retval != PAPI_OK ) handle_error( retval );

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\fBSee also\fP
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\fBPAPI_overflow\fP 
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\fBPAPI_get_executable_info\fP 
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\fBPAPI_profil\fP 
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